Lots of smoke in VTEC and burning oil (used half a gallon in 3000miles) I have an idea of the cause (abuse by previous owner/going in to VTEC when engine cold most likely) but what is the solution?

 

if its burning a gallon in 3000 miles there could be LOTS of problems..

 

Such as?

 

N sorry not a gallon I meant to put half a gallon *facepalm*

 

Do a leak down like he said it could be a bunch of things

 

Half a gallon is better than a gallon but that's still an awful lot of oil. Compression and Leak Down will start pointing you in the right direction. Any suggestions offered ahead of that are merely that... suggestions on what "could" be wrong. Nearly all of them entail opening up the engine so test things out and then come back with the results.

 

I plan to open up the engine anyway so shall try these when I do, thanks

 

Also if it helps the smoke has a blue tint to it

 

Blue tint means it's oil you are burning. My guess is it's your rings. My old type r went through about half a quart every 300 miles. And it's been like that for the last 40k. I never changed the oil just the filter lol.

 

Get your head rebuilt. New valve seal guides may need valves. Common issue with these motors after being driven hard continously and high miles. May possibly need new rings as well.

 

Well the plan is to rebuild full engine, new high comp pistons with rings new gaskets port n polish head new valve spings and retainers new cams new shell bearings and anything else that needs replacing along the way

 

So...we're skipping the compression and leak down test then?

 

No but I can do that in the process just need to wait for kit to arrive

 

Unless there is no point? Ive never done compression/leak tests before

 

Unless there is fairly significant engine damage, compression and leak down will normally still read fine in situations like this. If it's an original engine just rebuild it.

 

Thanks for the info